The Galvatrons

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The Galvatrons
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genre(s)	Rock, Electronica
Years active	2007 - present
Label(s)	Warner Music
Website	myspace.com/thegalvatrons
Members
Johnny Manny Pete Pete
Former members
Carl Tomich

The Galvatrons are a four piece rock band who formed on August 28, 2007,^[1] in Melbourne, Australia.^[2] Their debut EP, When We Were Kids was released by Warner Music Australia on May 3, 2008.^[3] The title track was the number one most added track on radio in Australia for the week 19 - 26 April 2008.^[4] They played the Big Day Out, Meredith and Cherry Rock festivals in summer 2007/2008^[5] and are touring Australia throughout 2008. They will then play a festival tour in the United Kingdom alongside The Police at London's Hyde Park.^[6][7] The Galvatrons cite their influences as Devo, Stan Bush, Australian Crawl, Van Halen, Lion, Cheap Trick, Kim Wilde, Queen, Stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, Kenny Loggins, Tears for Fears and Gary Numan.^[8] Lead Singer Johnny told Nollsy of 101.3 Sea FM on the Central Coast that the band got their name from the 1986 animated film Transformers.

Contents 1 Members 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Members

• Johnny "Galvatron" - vocals, guitar
• Manny "Maverick" - drums
• Pete "Condor" - bass
• Pete "Gamma" - keyboard^[9][10]

[edit] Discography

• When We Were Kids (EP)(2008)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Galvatrons @ MySpace.com
• The Galvatrons @ Warnermusic.com.au